Never play a promised game every night.
When gray matter meets, when things are forgotten
and the queen takes the king.
That one night did she await him or did he tell
he would never play a chess game anymore.
credits
from Atropos,
released January 21, 2018
Lieke van der Voort, voice
Justin Orok, guitar
Hayden Farrar, bass
Jillana Nickel, checkers pieces
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